Among traditions and modernity: local ecological knowledge, fishing conflicts and fisheries management in the Rio Negro, Brazil

The paper outlines an anthropological analysis of the artisanal fisheries in the Rio Negro, Brazilian Amazonia, concerning customary versus external rules determined by governmental institutions. Field data were obtained from opened-end interviews with fishermen, local leaderships and documentary re...

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Main Author: Andréa Leme da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 2011-04-01
Series:Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-81222011000100009&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt